Google Cloud today announced Transfer Service, a new service for enterprises that want to move their data from on-premise systems to the cloud. This new managed service is meant for large-scale transfers on the scale of billions of files…
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DataRobot, a company best known for creating automated machine learning models known as AutoML, announced today that it intends to acquire Paxata, a data prep platform startup. The companies did not reveal the purchase price. Paxata raised…
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Today, Google announced that it’s rolling out two features for its Messages app on Android that are designed to help you weed out annoyances and know that you’re texting with a real person. One of those features is spam detection for US…
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Twitter plans to set up an independent research group to create an “open and decentralized” system for social networks, CEO Jack Dorsey said on Wednesday, which could relieve pressure on the company to appease critics of its content…
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In Berlin, there’s apparently a new start-up founded every 20 minutes. This makes the city a highly competitive environment for all industries, including blockchain. In recent years, Berlin has become something of a blockchain hub. It’s…
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Hacking has become frequent these days and experts have revealed various ways that users today could be vulnerable to such attacks. In an attempt to tackle this issue, Google has announced that the new Chrome update will notify you if your…
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Exclusive Networks Malaysia has been appointed as an official distributor for Imperva, the cybersecurity leader whose mission is to protect business critical assets from ever-changing cybercriminal attacks. The partnership extends…
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Google has released Chrome 79 with a number of enhanced security features and improvements for lower CPU usage. On the security front, when you type your credentials into a website, Chrome will now warn you if your username and password…
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Just 20 years ago, only 4.1 per cent of the world’s population had access to the internet. In 2019, there are over 4.5 billion active internet users, which makes up 58.8 per cent of people on Earth. The pivotal role of internet in modern…
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Three months ago, Google’s YouTube was hit by a record $170 million penalty and major new kids-privacy rules. Now YouTube wants the US government to loosen how much its massive video service is subject to that child privacy law. The…
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Global cybersecurity company gears up for a new year with a new mission building a safer world. Kaspersky today unveils the new look of its offices across the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, led by the global cybersecurity company’s regional…
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As Airbnb absorbs more and more of the demand for housing, it’s exploring how to monetize opportunities beyond vacation rentals. A marketplace for longer term corporate housing could be a huge business, but rather than build that itself,…
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A Reddit user who posted leaked UK government documents was part of a larger coordinated effort that appears to have originated in Russia, Reddit said in a security announcement Friday. A network of connected accounts re-posted the…
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According to a new report from The Economist Intelligence Unit, global mobile subscriptions will grow strongly in 2020, reaching 7.3bn, . Growth will be particularly rapid in Asia, the Middle East and Africa, where mobile penetration will…
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Uber Eats is finally bringing group ordering to its food delivery platform, allowing friends or work colleagues to take individual responsibility for choosing their own dish as part of a larger order. While this will prove popular among…
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One month after Airbnb confirmed plans to verify all of its listings, the home-sharing giant has announced additional efforts to protect its hosts and guests. Airbnb will provide a “clear and actionable enforcement framework” for…
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Korean e-commerce giant Coupang has a new chief financial officer. The company announced today that it has hired Alberto Fornaro, who previously served the same role at International Gaming Technology (IGT PLC), the multinational gaming…
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Google Fiber, the division of Google parent company Alphabet that provides fiber-to-the-premises service in the U.S., will no longer sell 100Mbps broadband plans to new customers. This morning, Fiber announced that it’ll only offer gigabit…
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai is now also the CEO of Alphabet, Google’s parent company. As part of the shakeup at the search giant, Google cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, who previously acted as CEO and president of Alphabet…
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The Emerging Payments Association Asia (EPAA), the only payments association in Asia, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the ASEAN Financial Innovation Network (AFIN) to promote the benefits of the APIX Platform to the…
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Qualcomm generally uses its annual Snapdragon Tech Summit in Maui to unveil next-generation mobile processors and related technologies, which it accomplished with major new Snapdragon 865/765 and 3D Sonic Max dual-fingerprint scanner…
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Genius Media Group is suing Google and LyricFind for potentially hundreds of millions in damages, plus injunctive relief, in New York state court. The central claim is that Google misappropriated song lyrics Genius had posted to its…
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Uberflip is acquiring SnapApp, bringing together two startups that promise help marketers use their content more effectively. President and Chief Marketing Officer Randy Frisch argued that Uberflip focuses on content experience, not…
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Google is finally acknowledging that photos nowadays are as much about communication as they are form of memory collection. For years, the only way to share photos through the company’s otherwise fantastic Google Photos service has been to…
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Announcements from Amazon’s re:Invent 2019 conference in Las Vegas this week are coming in at a steady clip, most recently several relating to the tech giant’s ongoing quantum computing efforts. This afternoon, Amazon Web Services (AWS)…
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